Table 231.65.

Total number of public school students who brought firearms to or possessed firearms at school and number of students who did this per 100,000 students enrolled, by state or jurisdiction: 2009-10 through 2017-18

State or jurisdiction	Total number of students who brought firearms to or possessed firearms at school															Number of students who did this per 100,000 students enrolled
	2009-10		2010-11		2011-12		2012-13		2013-14		2014-15		2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2009-10		2010-11		2011-12		2012-13		2013-14		2014-15		2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8	9	10	11		12		13		14		15		16		17	18	19
United States	2,660		2,534		2,687		2,936		3,048		2,888		3,186	3,272	3,482	5.4		5.1		5.4		5.9		6.1		5.7		6.3	6.5	6.9
Alabama	52		39		12		91		97		67		100	70	40	6.9		5.2		1.6		12.2		13.0		9.0		13.4	9.4	5.4
Alaska	8		3		6		5		4		4		7	7	10	6.1		2.3		4.6		3.8		3.1		3.0		5.3	5.3	7.5
Arizona	33		33		43		39		34		36		29	79	41	3.1		3.1		4.0		3.6		3.1		3.2		2.6	7.0	3.7
Arkansas	97		114		105		115		113		123		112	142	148	20.2		23.6		21.7		23.7		23.1		25.1		22.8	28.8	29.8
California	375		238		157		323		316		321		380	346	376	6.0		3.8		2.5		5.1		5.0		5.1		6.0	5.5	6.0
Colorado	47		65		67		42		45		22		27	30	48	5.6		7.7		7.8		4.9		5.1		2.5		3.0	3.3	5.3
Connecticut	35		40		42		45		24		36		41	40	22	6.2		7.1		7.6		8.2		4.4		6.6		7.6	7.5	4.1
Delaware	8		6		2		3		7		3		7	3	6	6.3		4.6		1.6		2.3		5.3		2.2		5.2	2.2	4.4
District of Columbia	7		6		49		0		72		19		13	11	14	10.1		8.4		66.3		0.0		92.1		23.5		15.5	12.8	16.0
Florida	104		113		105		96		120		134		146	131	172	3.9		4.3		3.9		3.6		4.4		4.9		5.2	4.7	6.1
Georgia	169		180		141		179		134		122		185	204	203	10.1		10.7		8.4		10.5		7.8		7.0		10.5	11.6	11.5
Hawaii	8		2		1		1		0		0		34	25	26	4.4		1.1		0.5		0.5		0.0		0.0		18.7	13.8	14.4
Idaho	25		0		17		5		7		6		9	8	7	9.0		0.0		6.1		1.8		2.4		2.1		3.1	2.7	2.3
Illinois	22		7		7		5		5		184		177	189	190	1.0		0.3		0.3		0.2		0.2		9.0		8.7	9.3	9.5
Indiana	50		33		48		49		51		56		81	67	74	4.8		3.2		4.6		4.7		4.9		5.4		7.7	6.4	7.0
Iowa	5		2		3		4		3		3		1	36	38	1.0		0.4		0.6		0.8		0.6		0.6		0.2	7.1	7.4
Kansas	89		40		30		48		40		35		35	51	42	18.8		8.3		6.2		9.8		8.1		7.0		7.1	10.3	8.4
Kentucky	22		19		23		36		45		50		52	58	45	3.2		2.8		3.4		5.3		6.6		7.3		7.6	8.5	6.6
Louisiana	198		188		162		194		214		143		178	170	179	28.7		27.0		23.0		27.3		30.1		19.9		24.8	23.7	25.0
Maine	2		2		4		2		0		1		0	3	6	1.1		1.1		2.1		1.1		0.0		0.5		0.0	1.7	3.3
Maryland	9		12		12		11		7		8		9	14	15	1.1		1.4		1.4		1.3		0.8		0.9		1.0	1.6	1.7
Massachusetts	77		93		67		108		91		96		60	25	22	8.0		9.7		7.0		11.3		9.5		10.0		6.2	2.6	2.3
Michigan	48		110		110		114		70		50		58	44	134	2.9		6.9		7.0		7.3		4.5		3.3		3.8	2.9	8.8
Minnesota	25		29		14		21		32		26		30	28	33	3.0		3.5		1.7		2.5		3.8		3.0		3.5	3.2	3.7
Mississippi	71		32		32		39		49		18		24	38	18	14.4		6.5		6.5		7.9		9.9		3.7		4.9	7.9	3.8
Missouri	12		9		4		8		5		9		8	9	9	1.3		1.0		0.4		0.9		0.5		1.0		0.9	1.0	1.0
Montana	23		17		32		15		16		13		16	9	12	16.2		12.0		22.5		10.5		11.1		9.0		11.0	6.1	8.0
Nebraska	8		14		11		17		16		17		10	12	19	2.7		4.7		3.7		5.6		5.2		5.4		3.2	3.8	5.9
Nevada	19		20		23		25		26		12		9	28	28	4.4		4.6		5.2		5.6		5.8		2.6		1.9	5.9	5.8
New Hampshire	4		10		19		17		22		13		9	8	16	2.0		5.1		9.9		9.0		11.8		7.0		4.9	4.4	8.9
New Jersey	6		5		6		9		5		7		3	7	8	0.4		0.4		0.4		0.7		0.4		0.5		0.2	0.5	0.6
New Mexico	82		65		53		52		59		25		78	70	58	24.5		19.2		15.7		15.4		17.4		7.3		23.2	20.8	17.3
New York	73	1	103	1	253		180		238		247		184	137	277	2.6	1	3.8	1	9.4		6.6		8.7		9.0		6.8	5.0	10.2
North Carolina	40		72		67		75		98		84		115	100	124	2.7		4.8		4.4		4.9		6.4		5.4		7.4	6.5	8.0
North Dakota	5		15		14		8		15		4		11	4	18	5.3		15.6		14.3		7.9		14.4		3.8		10.1	3.6	16.1
Ohio	103		91		75		71		102		88		83	81	70	5.8		5.2		4.3		4.1		5.9		5.1		4.8	4.7	4.1
Oklahoma	49		17		25		32		23		29		38	29	41	7.5		2.6		3.8		4.8		3.4		4.2		5.5	4.2	5.9
Oregon	43		43		59		47		37		42		30	38	51	7.4		7.5		10.4		8.0		6.2		7.0		4.9	6.3	8.4
Pennsylvania	52		24		22		34		24		46		18	24	27	2.9		1.3		1.2		1.9		1.4		2.6		1.0	1.4	1.6
Rhode Island	3		8		2		0		2		0		5	9	0	2.1		5.6		1.4		0.0		1.4		0.0		3.5	6.3	0.0
South Carolina	35		10		38		74		108		76		91	102	117	4.8		1.4		5.2		10.1		14.5		10.0		11.9	13.2	15.0
South Dakota	12		6		10		13		5		1		10	9	16	9.7		4.8		7.8		10.0		3.8		0.8		7.4	6.6	11.6
Tennessee	115		42	2	75	2	64	2	57	2	57	2	121	127	128	11.8		4.3	2	7.5	2	6.4	2	5.7	2	5.7	2	12.1	12.7	12.8
Texas	108		397		397		397		95		104		107	146	195	2.2		8.0		7.9		7.8		1.8		2.0		2.0	2.7	3.6
Utah	35		‡		‡		‡		101		---		---	---	47	6.1		‡		‡		‡		16.1		---		---	---	7.0
Vermont	2		9		4		3		11		4		5	5	5	2.2		9.3		4.4		3.3		12.4		4.6		5.7	5.7	5.7
Virginia	59		57		52		50		45		54		53	65	73	4.7		4.6		4.1		4.0		3.5		4.2		4.1	5.1	5.7
Washington	134		33		127		100		91		97		42	125	156	12.9		3.2		12.1		9.5		8.6		9.0		3.9	11.3	14.0
West Virginia	9		7		12		1		211		220		281	229	19	3.2		2.5		4.2		0.4		75.1		78.5		101.3	83.6	7.0
Wisconsin	31		40		39		47		43		63		51	57	55	3.6		4.6		4.5		5.4		4.9		7.2		5.9	6.6	6.4
Wyoming	12		14		9		22		13		13		13	23	4	13.6		15.7		10.0		24.0		14.0		13.8		13.7	24.4	4.2
Jurisdiction
Bureau of Indian    Education	0		---		---		---		---		---		---	1	1	0.0		---		---		---		---		---		---	2.2	2.2
DoDEA	---		---		---		---		---		---		---	---	---	---		---		---		---		---		---		---	---	---
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	---		---		---		---		---		---		---	---	---	---		---		---		---		---		---		---	---	---
Guam	---		---		---		---		0		0		0	0	0	---		---		---		---		0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
Northern Marianas	---		---		---		---		---		---		---	---	---	---		---		---		---		---		---		---	---	---
Puerto Rico	7		24		16		10		4		0		2	12	7	1.4		5.1		3.5		2.3		0.9		0.0		0.5	3.3	2.0
U.S. Virgin Islands	0		---		---		---		---		---		0	0	0	0.0		---		---		---		---		---		0.0	0.0	0.0

---Not available.

‡Reporting standards not met (suppressed due to data quality concerns).

1 Data for New York City Public Schools were not reported.

2 Due to data quality concerns, totals exclude students reported under the "other" firearm type category.

NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, data represent the sum of student counts for all firearm type categories (handguns, rifles/shotguns, other firearms, and multiple types of firearms). DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, EDFacts file 086, Data Group 596, extracted August 29, 2019, from the EDFacts Data Warehouse (internal U.S. Department of Education source); and Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education," 2009-10 through 2017-18. (This table was prepared August 2019.)